2022 LSU Tigers baseball team

2022 LSU Tigers baseball
NCAA Hattiesburg Regional, 2–2
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Western Division
Record	40–22 (17–13 SEC)
Head coach	Jay Johnson (1st season)
Assistant coaches	Dan Fitzgerald Jason Kelly Marc Wanaka
Home stadium	Alex Box Stadium
Seasons ←  2021 2023  →

2022 Southeastern Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Eastern
No. 9 Tennessee  x‍†‍‡‍y	25	–	5		.833			57	–	9		.864
No. 21 Florida  ‍‍‍y	15	–	15		.500			42	–	24		.636
Georgia  ‍‍‍y	15	–	15		.500			36	–	23		.610
Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍y	14	–	16		.467			39	–	23		.629
South Carolina  ‍‍‍	13	–	17		.433			27	–	28		.491
Kentucky  ‍‍‍	12	–	18		.400			33	–	26		.559
Missouri  ‍‍‍	10	–	20		.333			28	–	23		.549
Western
No. 3 Texas A&M  x‍‍‍y	19	–	11		.633			44	–	20		.688
No. 4 Arkansas  ‍‍‍y	18	–	12		.600			46	–	21		.687
No. 25 LSU  ‍‍‍y	17	–	13		.567			40	–	22		.645
No. 7 Auburn  ‍‍‍y	16	–	13		.552			43	–	22		.662
No. 1 Ole Miss  ‍‍‍y	14	–	16		.467			42	–	23		.646
Alabama  ‍‍‍	12	–	17		.414			31	–	27		.534
Mississippi State  ‍‍‍	9	–	21		.300			26	–	30		.464
x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2022 LSU Tigers baseball team represented Louisiana State University in the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Tigers played their home games at Alex Box Stadium.

After the season, pitcher Eric Reyzelman was picked in the 5th round of the MLB Draft by the New York Yankees. ^[1]

Previous season

The Tigers' season was marked with inconsistency, as the team began the year 15–3 in non-conference play, but then struggled against their early SEC competition, going 1–8 through their first three series. The Tigers finished their SEC schedule 12–9 after the rough start, yet went one-and-done in the SEC tournament after losing their opener to Georgia, going winless in the SEC Tournament for the first time since 2005. Still, the Tigers earned a berth in the NCAA tournament, where they won the Eugene Regional by beating regional host Oregon despite losing their opening game. After advancing to the Knoxville Super Regional, the Tigers' season ended after losing to No. 3 overall seeded Tennessee in two games. The Tigers finished 2021 38–25 overall, 13–17 in the SEC, with a final ranking of 18 in both the USA Today Coaches' and D1 Baseball Polls.

Preseason

SEC Coaches poll

The SEC coaches poll was released in February at the SEC Media Days.

Media poll (West)
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Arkansas	5
T-2	Ole Miss	4
T-2	Mississippi State	4
5	Alabama
6	Texas A&M
7	Auburn

Preseason All-SEC teams

The preseason All-SEC teams was revealed in February at the SEC Media Days.

Personnel

Roster

2022 LSU Tigers roster [2]
	Pitchers 0 – Jason Bollman – Junior 9 – Ty Floyd – Sophomore 21 – Bryce Collins – Sophomore 22 – Eric Reyzelman – Sophomore 28 – Devin Fontenot – Graduate Student 30 – Trent Vietmeier – Graduate Student 32 – Trey Shaffer – Graduate Student 33 – Michael Fowler – Sophomore 34 – Cale Lansville – Freshman 35 – Paul Gervase – Junior 38 – Riley Cooper – Sophomore 40 – Grant Fontenot – Freshman 43 – Garrett Edwards – Sophomore 44 – Blake Money – Sophomore 45 – Samuel Dutton – Freshman 47 – Jacob Hasty – Sophomore 48 – Will Hellmers – Sophomore 49 – Javen Coleman – Sophomore 50 – Grant Taylor – Freshman 52 – Ma'Khail Hilliard – Senior		Catchers 20 – Alex Milazzo – Sophomore 25 – Hayden Travinski – Sophomore 26 – Tyler McManus – Graduate Student Infielders 1 – Brennan Holt – Freshman 4 – Cade Doughty – Sophomore 13 – Jordan Thompson – Sophomore 14 – Jacob Berry – Sophomore 16 – Collier Cranford – Sophomore 17 – Will Safford – Sophomore 18 – Tre' Morgan – Sophomore 24 – Cade Beloso – Junior 29 – Luke Leto – Freshman 37 – Connor Simon – Freshman 53 – Jack Merrifield – Sophomore		Outfielders 3 – Dylan Crews – Sophomore 7 – Giovanni Digiacomo – Junior 8 – Gavin Dugas – Junior 10 – Brody Drost – Sophomore 39 – Josh Pearson – Freshman 41 – Josh Stevenson – Freshman Utility 5 – Drew Bianco (INF/OF) – Junior 6 – Brayden Jobert (OF/1B) – Sophomore

Coaching Staff

2022 LSU Tigers coaching staff [2]
Name	Position
Jay Johnson	Head coach
Dan Fitzgerald	Assistant coach/Recruiting Coordinator
Jason Kelly	Pitching Coach
Marc Wanaka	Assistant coach
Tyler Nordgren	Director of Operations
Jamie Tutko	Director of Video and Scouting

Schedule and results

2022 LSU Tigers baseball game log (40–22)
Regular season (37–18)
February (7–1) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record February 18 Maine No. 8 Alex Box Stadium Baton Rouge, LA W 13–1 Blake Money (1–0) Brett Erwin (0–1) None SECN+ 11,036 1–0 February 19 Maine No. 8 Alex Box Stadium W 17–8 Javen Coleman (1–0) Noah Lewis (0–1) None SECN+ 10,816 2–0 February 20 Maine No. 8 Alex Box Stadium W 21–6 Ty Floyd (1–0) Jordan Schulefand (0–1) None SECN+ 10,303 3–0 February 23 at Louisiana Tech No. 8 J. C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park Ruston, LA L 6–11 Cade Gibson (1–0) Riley Cooper (0–1) None ESPN+ 2,529 3–1 February 25 Towson No. 8 Alex Box Stadium W 6–0 Blake Money (2–0) Teddy Blumenauer (0–2) None SECN+ 10,042 4–1 February 26 Southern No. 8 Alex Box Stadium W 9–2 Paul Gervase (1–0) Jerry Burkett II (0–1) None SECN+ 10,081 5–1 February 27 Towson No. 8 Alex Box Stadium W 11–1 Ty Floyd (2–0) Nick Ramanjulu (0–2) None SECN+ 9,787 6–1 February 27 Southern No. 8 Alex Box Stadium W 15–07 Will Hellmers (1–0) Mykel Page (0–1) None SECN+ 9,886 7–1
March (11–7) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record March 2 New Orleans No. 7 Alex Box Stadium W 11–3 Grant Taylor (1–0) Kyle Khachadourian (0–1) None SECN+ 10,203 8–1 Shriners Children's College Classic March 4 vs. Oklahoma No. 7 Minute Maid Park Houston, TX W 5–411 Bryce Collins (1–0) Griffin Miller (0–1) None AT&T SportsNet Southwest 16,515 9–1 March 5 vs. No. 1 Texas No. 7 Minute Maid Park L 1–6 Tristan Stevens (3–0) Ty Floyd (2–1) Luke Harrison (1) AT&T SportsNet Southwest 24,787 9–2 March 6 vs. Baylor No. 7 Minute Maid Park L 6–9 Matt Voelker (1–1) Paul Gervase (1–1) Mason Marriott (1) AT&T SportsNet Southwest 12,577 9–3 March 9 McNeese State No. 12 Alex Box Stadium W 6–3 Will Hellmers (2–0) Christian Vega (1–1) None SECN+ 9,907 10–3 March 11 Bethune–Cookman No. 12 Alex Box Stadium W 8–7 Devin Fontenot (1–0) Knickolas Billings (0–1) None SECN+ 9,702 11–3 March 12 Bethune–Cookman No. 12 Alex Box Stadium W 5–1 Ty Floyd (3–1) Nolan Santos (1–1) Eric Reyzelman (1) SECN+ 10,102 12–3 March 13 Bethune–Cookman No. 12 Alex Box Stadium W 15–0 Ma'khail Hilliard (1–0) Hector Vazquez (1–2) None SECN+ 10,008 13–3 March 15 Tulane No. 13 Alex Box Stadium W 7–5 Eric Reyzelman (1–0) Carter Robinson (1–2) Devin Fontenot (1) SECN+ 10,552 14–3 March 18 Texas A&M No. 13 Alex Box Stadium L 4–6 Chris Cortez (3–1) Eric Reyzelman (1–1) None SECN+ 10,538 14–4 0–1 March 19 Texas A&M No. 13 Alex Box Stadium L 7–11 Robert Hogan (1–1) Devin Fontenot (1–1) None SECN+ 10,904 14–5 0–2 March 20 Texas A&M No. 13 Alex Box Stadium W 7–6 Riley Cooper (1–1) Jacob Palisch (2–2) None SECN 10,261 15–5 1–2 March 23 Louisiana Tech No. 21 Alex Box Stadium L 6–712 Kyle Crigger (2–1) Ty Floyd (3–2) None SECN+ 10,314 15–6 March 25 at No. 8 Florida No. 21 Florida Ballpark Gainesville, FL L 2–7 Hunter Barco (5–1) Blake Money (2–1) None SECN 6,226 15–7 1–3 March 26 at No. 8 Florida No. 21 Florida Ballpark W 16–4 Ma'Khail Hilliard (2–0) Brandon Sproat (3–2) None SECN+ 8,306 16–7 2–3 March 27 at No. 8 Florida No. 21 Florida Ballpark W 11–2 Grant Taylor (2–0) Ryan Slater (2–1) None SECN+ 5,746 17–7 3–3 March 29 Louisiana–Monroe No. 13 Alex Box Stadium W 15–4 Trent Vietmeier (1–0) Mikel Howell (0–1) None SECN+ 10,206 18–7 March 31 Auburn No. 13 Alex Box Stadium L 5–6 Carson Skipper (2–0) Blake Money (2–2) Blake Burkhalter (1) SECN 10,247 18–8 3–4
April (10–6) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record April 1 Auburn No. 13 Alex Box Stadium W 9–2 Ma'Khail Hilliard (3–0) Trace Bright (2–2) None SECN+ 11,111 19–8 4–4 April 2 Auburn No. 13 Alex Box Stadium L 4–6 Joseph Gonzalez (3–0) Samuel Dutton (0–1) Blake Burkhalter (6) SECN+ 11,071 19–9 4–5 April 5 Grambling State No. 19 Alex Box Stadium W 16–37 Grant Taylor (3–0) Roy Peguero (1–3) None SECN+ 9,789 20–9 April 8 at Mississippi State No. 19 Dudy Noble Field Starkville, MS W 5–2 Riley Cooper (2–1) Jackson Fristoe (3–3) Paul Gervase (1) SECN 11,893 21–9 5–5 April 9 at Mississippi State No. 19 Dudy Noble Field W 4–3 Devin Fontenot (2–1) Brandon Smith (2–2) Paul Gervase (2) SECN+ 14,228 22–9 6–5 April 10 at Mississippi State No. 19 Dudy Noble Field W 13–3 Grant Taylor (4–0) Cade Smith (4–2) None SECN+ 10,515 23–9 7–5 April 14 at No. 6 Arkansas No. 15 Baum–Walker Stadium Fayetteville, AR L 4–5 Evan Taylor (3–0) Riley Cooper (2–2) Brady Tygart (1) SECN+ 10,270 23–10 7–6 April 15 at No. 6 Arkansas No. 15 Baum–Walker Stadium L 0–4 Hagen Smith (6–2) Blake Money (2–3) Evan Taylor (1) SECN 10,811 23–11 7–7 April 16 at No. 6 Arkansas No. 15 Baum–Walker Stadium L 2–6 Jaxon Wiggins (5–0) Grant Taylor (4–1) None SECN+ 11,049 23–12 7–8 April 19 Louisiana-Lafayette No. 22 Alex Box Stadium W 8–4 Ty Floyd (4–2) Brandon Talley (2–2) Eric Reyzelman (2) SECN+ 6,789 24–12 April 21 Missouri No. 22 Alex Box Stadium W 5–3 Ma'Khail Hilliard (4–0) Spencer Miles (2–4) Paul Gervase (3) ESPNU 10,287 25–12 8–8 April 22 Missouri No. 22 Alex Box Stadium W 4–310 Riley Cooper (3–2) Austin Troesser (3–1) None SECN+ 10,919 26–12 9–8 April 23 Missouri No. 22 Alex Box Stadium W 8–6 Bryce Collins (2–0) Austin Marozas (1–2) Riley Cooper (1) SECN+ 10,288 27–12 10–8 April 26 at New Orleans No. 22 Maestri Field at Privateer Park New Orleans, LA L 4–9 Beau Blanchard (1–0) Ty Floyd (4–3) None ESPN+ 5,000 27–13 April 29 No. 14 Georgia No. 22 Alex Box Stadium W 6–2 Ma'Khail Hilliard (5–0) Nolan Crisp (1–2) Paul Gervase (4) SECN+ 11,145 28–13 11–8 April 30 No. 14 Georgia No. 22 Alex Box Stadium L 7–12 Jonathan Cannon (8–1) Bryce Collins (2–1) Jack Gowen (9) SECN+ 11,067 28–14 11–9
May (9–4) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record May 1 No. 14 Georgia No. 22 Alex Box Stadium W 4–3 Paul Gervase (2–1) Jaden Woods (1–1) None SECN+ 10,481 29–14 12–9 May 3 Nicholls No. 20 Alex Box Stadium W 10–6 Jacob Hasty (1–0) Josh Mancuso (2–1) None SECN+ 10,856 30–14 May 6 at Alabama No. 20 Sewell–Thomas Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL W 6–5 Riley Cooper (4–2) Brock Guffey (2–3) Paul Gervase (5) SECN+ 3,508 31–14 13–9 May 7 at Alabama No. 20 Sewell–Thomas Stadium L 3–8 Jacob McNairy (5–2) Blake Money (2–4) None SECN 3,843 31–15 13–10 May 8 at Alabama No. 20 Sewell–Thomas Stadium W 12–3 Jacob Hasty (2–0) Grayson Hitt (4–3) None SECN+ 3,326 32–15 14–10 May 10 Southeastern Louisiana No. 17 Alex Box Stadium W 17–37 Samuel Dutton (1–1) Andrew Yuratich (1–1) None SECN+ 10,601 33–15 May 14 Ole Miss No. 17 Alex Box Stadium L 3–5 Dylan DeLucia (5–0) Ma'Khail Hilliard (5–1) Brandon Johnson (8) ESPN2 11,242 33–16 14–11 May 14 Ole Miss No. 17 Alex Box Stadium L 1–11 Hunter Elliott (3–3) Devin Fontenot (2–2) None SECN 11,124 33–17 14–12 May 15 Ole Miss No. 17 Alex Box Stadium L 5–8 John Gaddis (3–1) Eric Reyzelman (1–2) Brandon Johnson (9) SECN+ 10,671 33–18 14–13 May 17 Northwestern State – Alex Box Stadium W 19–77 Paul Gervase (3–1) Dawson Flowers (0–3) None SECN+ 10,423 34–18 May 19 at No. 21 Vanderbilt – Hawkins Field Nashville, TN W 13–2 Ma'Khail Hilliard (6–1) Devin Futrell (8–2) Eric Reyzelman (1) ESPN2 3,802 35–18 15–13 May 20 at No. 21 Vanderbilt – Hawkins Field W 8–3 Ty Floyd (5–3) Christian Little (1–2) None SECN+ 3,802 36–18 16–13 May 21 at No. 21 Vanderbilt – Hawkins Field W 21–10 Bryce Collins (3–1) Thomas Schultz (4–2) None SECN 3,802 37–18 17–13
Postseason (3–4)
SEC Tournament (1–2) Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SECT Record May 26 vs. (12) Kentucky No. 21 (4) Hoover Metropolitan Stadium Hoover, AL W 11–6 Ma'Khail Hilliard (7–1) Mason Hazelwood (1–1) None SECN 9,697 38–18 1–0 May 27 vs. No. 1 (1) Tennessee No. 21 (4) Hoover Metropolitan Stadium L 2–5 Chase Dollander (9–0) Ty Floyd (5–4) Redmond Walsh (7) SECN 12,215 38–19 1–1 May 28 vs. (12) Kentucky No. 21 (4) Hoover Metropolitan Stadium L 2–7 Tyler Bosma (4–3) Jacob Hasty (2–1) None SECN 7,102 38–20 1–2
NCAA tournament – Hattiesburg Regional (2–2) Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record NCAAT record June 3 vs. (3) Kennesaw State (2) Pete Taylor Park Hattiesburg, MS W 14–11 Devin Fontenot (3–2) Smith Pinson (6–6) Paul Gervase (1) ESPN+ 5,039 39–20 1–0 June 4 at No. 15 (1) Southern Miss (2) Pete Taylor Park W 7–610 Paul Gervase (4–1) Garrett Ramsey (5–1) None ESPN+ 5,211 40–20 2–0 June 5 at No. 15 (1) Southern Miss (2) Pete Taylor Park L 4–8 Justin Storm (3–0) Riley Cooper (4–3) None ESPN+ 5,179 40–21 2–1 June 6 at No. 15 (1) Southern Miss (2) Pete Taylor Park L 7–8 Tyler Stuart (4–0) Eric Reyzelman (1–3) None ESPNU 5,256 40–22 2–2

Schedule Source: ^[3]

*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.

Rankings

Main article: 2022 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked ( ) = First-place votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
Coaches' [4]	7 (1)	7 (1)*	7	9	8	18	12	16	12	23	20	19	15	24	20	—	22
Baseball America [5]	10	11	8	16	16	—	21	—	24	—	—	20	14	—	21	—	24
Collegiate Baseball^ [6]	3	2	3	6	4	14	17	23	17	—	27	23	19	—	16	19	23
NCBWA† [7]	8	6	5	8	9	16	11	16	12	23	23	19	18	21	20	24	21
D1Baseball [8]	8	8	7	12	13	21	13	19	15	22	22	20	17	—	21	—	25

^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

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